May 23, 2015

Saw Fury Road this past weekend!
I’m a huge Mad Max/Road Warrior fan
and while I think Road Warrior was a “tighter” movie overall, I think Fury Road is probably the best action movie to come along in years. I
think the movie is a sci-fi/fantasy nerd’s dream since it opens up the
world and gives you little glimpses of story without explaining a ton.
In that way it still feels like an 80′s fantasy movie as opposed to one
of the current (boring) superhero blockbusters that seem to come out
every other week.

Part of that may have come from the fact that
one of the writers is also one of the artists! (Brendan McCarthy. His
site’s down right now but here’s some of his work for Fury Road from
1997. (movie’s been in production for a loooong time) Here's some of his work for the movie:

Also I loved the character of “Furiosa”. She belongs up there with other
amazing action movie women like Ripley and Sarah Connor!

The
art direction for the movie was a healthy mix of Road Warrior, Brom and
Heavy Metal (comic or music, pick one! Or both!) Furiosa’s makeup and
the “War Boys” were very reminiscent of Brom’s paintings for the Dark
Age RPG. Oh and throw in a little dash of Phil Hale’s pale jumping guys in there as well.

Here's some of Brom's work that reminded me of some of the imagery in Fury Road:

Anyway, I highly recommend it! It's a rare occurrence that a reboot/sequel of a series from 34 years ago is actually good!

UPDATE!
Here's a link to the now archived video stream so you can watch it at your leisure. It went well, designed some fun/goofy characters, talked about art, and of course our game.http://www.twitch.tv/gogigantic/b/661426254